Gavin Degraw - Freedom Johnnys Song Chords

[Verse 1]
 F                                                           Bb
Johnny's got a family of five, and he works for the state
F                                                           Dm
He got debts that are piling high, and an old Chevrolet
 C
Willie on the dash playin' tunes
                        F                                             Bb
Smells like grass 'cause he's covered in June
        C
Picking up extra cash, mowing lawns with his kids
 
 
[Verse 2]
    F                                                                    Bb
Stained sneakers walk through the church as they kneel down to pray
      F                                                            Dm
Sayin', "Please Lord, have pity on us, take our troubles away
       C
These seeds that we're plantin' with you
            F                                                    Bb
We hope one day, your Lord will come true"
    C
I remember еven right now that look on his face
 
 
[Chorus]
                       F              Am
So we'd gеt high and we'd ramble
       Bb                       F
Get drunk and we'd gamble
      Bb                       F
Teenagers cruisin' at 75
     Dm                            C
Singin' "Sweet Home Alabama"
          F                    Am
Stay out all damn weekend
     Bb                        F
Sundays are for sleeping
       Bb                              F
Nobody leaving this planet alive
       Dm                              C
Might as well enjoy your freedom
                  Bb
Yeah, freedom
 
C F - C Bb - C F - C Bb - C F
 
[Verse 3]
        F                                                     Bb
Mom says she gonna enlist, and the Corps pays for school
        F                                                                   Dm
They'll have more money they could work with if she just had the tools
      C
John says, "What you think's best
        F                                    Bb
I'll work doubles and make up the rest"
        C
Still drown in college debt
 
I'll never forgive or forget
 
 
[Chorus]
        F                             Am
So we'd get high and we'd ramble
        Bb                      F
Get drunk and we'd gamble
      Bb                       F
Teenagers cruisin' at 75
     Dm                             C
Singin' "Sweet Home Alabama"
       F                       Am
Stay out all damn weekend
        Bb                     F
Sundays are for sleeping
         Bb                            F
Nobody leaving this planet alive
          Dm                           C
Might as well enjoy your freedom
         Bb
Yeah, freedom
 
 
[Bridge]
        C Bb              C Bb
Went to Woodstock
                                                          C F
With his draft papers in his back pocket from Vietnam
      Bb               C Bb
Workin' in the slammer
 
Did hard time
 
Went through hell together
                           C F
They'd die for each other
                             C
Oh, these lovers in arms
 
 
[Chorus]
          F                                  Am
Yeah, they'd get high and they'd ramble
        Bb                        F
Get drunk and they'd gamble
            Bb                                  F
When they were younger like everyone else
        Dm                                    C
Like you couldn't blow out their candle
    F                          Am
Stay out all damn weekend
       Bb                      F
Sundays are for sleeping
            Bb                         F
Nobody leaving this planet alive
                    Dm                 C
Might as well enjoy your freedom
                Bb
Yeah, freedom